Talk:Elizabeth (film)

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[edit] Historical Inaccuracies?

Perhaps some discussion of how historically accurate this film is, particularly with The Golden Age coming out. - Matthew238 05:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, William Cecil is portrayed as a fussy, interfering old man - but Elizabeth regarded him as her rock. He was the one who came up with the phrase, "What! All this for a song?" when he protested against the award of £100 to Edmund Spenser for his presentation of the Faerie Queene at court - ever since, underpaid arty twerps have chosen to ridicule him. And did the film show Mary Queen of Scots being assassinated? I thought the film was accurate in showing that she was stitched up by Francis Walsingham and put to death by law (although the two queens never met). I expect the sequel to show the myth of how Elizabeth prevailed over the forces of Spanish evil, rather than the fact that she ended up a deeply conflicted person who was often disregarded by the people who really disposed of power in protestant England. And will there be anything about Ireland? Howl, howl!--Shtove 22:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether you watched the film poorly, or if you are mistaken about Elizabethan history, but Mary Queen of Scots never appears in the film. I believe that she was not, in fact, in the British Isles during the years depicted. Uucp 23:07, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I too was confused about the presence of Mary Queen of Scots who, if i'm not mistaken, was assassinated by Walsingham. In the film, she had the trademark brown wig covering up her grey hair, whilst more obviously... she was french. Can anyone shed some light on this? Particularly as Samantha Morton is playing Mary in the sequel 'The Golden Age'. Did Mary rise from the dead..? Bobbyfletch85 16:55, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

It is not Mary Stewart we see assasinated in the film but Mary of Guise, her mother! Even so, the assasination by Walshingham is again inaccurate.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)